Pakistan Nave’s former Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral (retd) Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey passed away in Islamabad on Thursday, says in media reports.  Admiral Sirohey had served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 1986 to 1988, and later ascended as the sixth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1988 until retiring in 1991. Admiral Sirohey was only the second four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy’s history to be appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs.

He was commissioned in the navy as midshipman in 1951 and he did his initial military training at the Pakistan Military Academy before being sent to United Kingdom in 1952 for further education. He received education at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich in England where he completed specialization in signals/navigation and gained electrical engineering course degree.

He returned to Pakistan in 1956 when he was appointed as Sub-Lieutenant in the Navy and formally inducted in the Engineering Branch.He also fought in 1965 and 1971 wars against India. Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf has expressed condolences on the sad demise of Admiral Sirohey and paid tribute to him on his services for the country.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)